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Playlist programming

  • US 9,997,195 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2014
  • Issued: 06/12/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, from a first user of a media group that includes a plurality of users, a request to add a media item to a playlist for the media group at a first playlist position, wherein media items in the playlist are provided to the plurality of users of the media group that include the first user and at least one second user distinct from the first user, wherein the first playlist position is determined based on a first user rank and based on a type of the first user, and wherein the type of the first user is selected from the group consisting of;

    a host user, a guest user, a tastemaker, an active user, and a passive user, and wherein the at least one second user has a second user rank that is different from the first user rank;

    determining that the first user has rights to a first version of the media item stored at a first location;

    adding the requested media item to the playlist for the media group at the requested first playlist position;

    providing the first version of the media item to the first user of the media group, based on determining that the first user has rights to a version of the media item stored at the first location; and

    providing a second version of the media item to the at least one second user of the media group when it is determined that the at least one second user has rights to the second version of the media item.

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